Kampala - LACK of proper medical equipment is the leading cause of death in Kamuli district, a senior surgeon has said.
"We lack medical supplies like blood, drugs and gloves and we are forced to transfer patients to other hospitals and the time they get there, some are in critical condition, while others are dead," Dr. Micah Lopita said.
He was addressing the staff of Kamuli Mission Hospital, popularly known as Lubaga, during the end-of-year party on Friday. "Last month, four people died due to lack of blood. We are being forced to recycle disposable drugs by boiling them which are usually used in labour wards and operating centres," Lopita said.
He added that sometimes doctors ran out of recycled gloves and operated on patients without gloves. "This plight has rendered us useless and inefficient in the eyes of the public. People are surviving by chance much as we understand the proper treatment," Lopita said.
The district director of health services, Dr. David Tigawalana, said the Government had come up with new policies of evaluating medical workers since it had been discovered that most people in the field were using fake documents to access jobs.
"It is not easy to be called a nurse or a doctor. One has to get training from a recognised institution approved by the Ministry of Health as a professional," Tigawalana said.
He agreed with Lopita that the hospital lacked drugs and other medical equipment much as it was a big hospital with many patients.
Tigawalana also warned indisciplined medical workers to reform or face dismissal and have their documents cancelled.
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